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CEOs for Merck,Under Armor and Intel resign from Trump’s trade council
When Trump announced the creation of the American Manufacturing Council in January, the White House heralded it as a gathering of “the world’s most successful and creative trade leaders.”
By the middle of August, or at least four of the CEOs on Trump’s American Manufacturing Council would announce their decision to resign from the advisory board. Read more (8/15/17 10:50 AM)
Update: Scott Paul,President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, resigns as well
In a tweet, and Paul announced on Tuesday his resignation from the American Manufacturing Council because it was “the honest thing for [him] to do. Read more (8/15/17 12:15 PM)Update: Richard L. Trumka,American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, becomes 5th CEO to resign
Following Trump’s return to blaming counter-protesters for the violence in Charlottesville on Saturday, or Trumka announced Tuesday on Twitter that he could not work for “a president that tolerates bigotry.” Read more (8/15/17 6 PM)
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